President El-Sisi Makes Phone Call with Tanzania's President

Today, President Abdel Fattah El Sisi made a phone call with President of the United Republic of Tanzania Samia Hassan.

The Spokesman for the Egyptian Presidency said that President El-Sisi congratulated the Tanzanian President once again on assuming her new position, wishing her the very best and all the success in performing her duties.

The President also confirmed the special and historical Egyptian-Tanzanian relationship as well as the development in relations seen following His Excellency’s visit to Dar es Salaam in 2017.

The President affirmed Egypt’s keenness to hold talks and promote cooperation with the Tanzanian President with a view to strengthening already-robust relations in various fields in furtherance of the interests of the two brotherly peoples, especially with regard to boosting bilateral trade with Tanzania, encouraging infrastructure development, and providing technical support and capacity building.

For her part, the Tanzanian President expressed her great appreciation to the people and leadership of Egypt, noting that there are broad prospects for developing relations and promoting joint cooperation between Egypt and Tanzania. Tanzania’s President also commended Egypt’s support for the Tanzanian development efforts, especially through working on Tanzania’s Julius Nyerere Dam project. Setting a model reflecting the deep, distinguished Egypt-Tanzania relationship, this project is also one of the largest national projects in Tanzania.

The Spokesman added that the call discussed the developments of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) issue; the President stressed the need to reach a fair and legally binding agreement on the filling and operation of the dam. In this respect, it was agreed to support negotiations in order to achieve the interests of all three parties and ensure water security of the downstream countries.